Kiran George

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Kiran George
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24)
Kochi, Kerala, India
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Coach Yoo Yong-sung
Men's singles
Highest ranking34 (7 May 2024)
Current ranking35 (21 January 2025)
BWF profile

Kiran George (born 11 February 2000) is an Indian badminton player. [1] He won the Polish International title. [2] He also competed in the 2020 Thomas Cup and 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships. [3]

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Career

2021–22

In 2021, Kiran George's first tournament played was the Orléans Masters where lost to Brice Leverdez in the 3rd round. [4] In September, Kiran played in the Polish International where he won the tournament beating Jason Teh in the finals winning his first ever tournament since the Ghana International in 2019. [5] He also reached the semis of the Welsh International but lost to Siril Verma.

In 2022, Kiran started the year by playing in 3 BWF world tour tournaments including the India Open Which he lost the first round and the Syed Modi International which he also lost the first round and the Odisha Open which he won the title beating Priyanshu Rajawat to win his first ever BWF World Tour title. [6] He competed at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships but was eliminated at the group stage. First he lost to Korean Kim Joo-wan by the score of 18-21 and 14-21 then he lost to Hong Kong's Chan Yin Chak in the score of 13-21,21-17 and 9-21 and finally Ikhsan Rumbay in the score of 13-21, 21-17 and 10-21.

2023

In Thailand Open BWF Super 500, he pulled off a major upset win against then World No 1 Shi Yuqi of China. [7]

2025

In India Open BWF Super 750, he reached the quarterfinals by defeating the errorless 18 year old Frenchmen Alex Lanier. [8]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 titles)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. [10]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2022 Odisha Open Super 100 Flag of India.svg Priyanshu Rajawat 21–15, 14–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 (I) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Flag of Japan.svg Koo Takahashi 21–19, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner

BWF International (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019 Ghana International Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ade Resky Dwicahyo 25–23, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021 Polish International Flag of Singapore.svg Jason Teh 13–21, 21–14, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 Polish Open Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Chia-hao 21–15, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 Denmark Masters Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Chia-hung 18–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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